Oiler for locomotives.



H. KRVEISS.

GILERl FOR LOCOMOTIVES.

APPLICATION FILED Mu, 1912.

atented Bec. 2,2i 19M.

im, reizv'tii Giieis im* *die f end. Compressedair pumps prepegei ie piece an eiier dii @flieder f a sta.-

a@ comiee the Qiqier ce in ri marmer as i0 depend ne steam engine it- Gorf imo h@ cyiing'ier; brae'icebie to :idop in is impraeticabie for G rezieil f@ cjfii'ider and give @aeration ef the j fr Aiin,

eci', ai; my im'eiiion is S'eeai'cyiiiiders and air ecemo'iivee, by means of psiiieiy sappi? ehe eil, 'iy under he ready i kii'ie engiiiee. i" die 'imdes to wim .l iii, r mir er renewai oi' ri'm'ii imi-ts.

is mimi e imei-pressurz eempairiieir. iii mien Cornmuniation with which sire the Weilsfferm said commmiicuing with the tubswhich.

iezid i@ @the Steam chests, de.; provisii being made for coiitroiiingj the speed Of'the pump and 01' causing the @il to be delivered in drop ferm U-eiiiid buiiseyes; the pressure of he nii delivered b* tire pump being Very grezi', so filmt :i positive feeding thereof to the rop formers is assured, The speed of the pump is reguiaed by the en gineer io suit die demands of erich cyiinder oi Par io which the sii is fed.

.in he accompanying dewings Figure l is a 'secionai elevuion of :i portion of an oiieig to iiiustrate the zimmer of detziciiably securing the buils-ee Lim-ein. Fig. 2 is a freni; elevation @if 'rie parte' seen :it Fig. l. Figi. 3 is a front seetienai elevation of the oiier. Fig. L is a diagram te iiiietrue the mouiiiig of iie oiier in a cuis of 4the locometive.

To die szeam ehess l of n iocomeix'e is .ied a @HOW-pipe or @iHv-ding pipe from @r miie 9, preeraL-iv winced rex-tioii receptaeie 8. This its upper end :i piston head il. of iffirgei diameter than S, and Working in i sieurs. eyiinder il; Lo one end 0i which senm is supplied through u threevfaj; *faire 1Q, which in {iiiec communicaioi wiii a supply pipe 13 which takes an unlimited supply of live stezmi directly from iie beiier of he iocomotive, as at Fig.

Gaily @.iiiin Said plunger carries Asafifl pipe 13 being conm-fried ffiirectiy to the usiiai seam rum of iie iioiier. The steam it 3 he mire is i@ the steam supply 13 m15, f i i y bui 'upon eoli- ,n simile el@ die pieten '1 f faire ieeiorl iii@ sii-eis T53 ed from the reeepjiiicie iiii'o and-pulls down the link, :incl thereby turns' the three-way valve to shut o the steam at 13 andto open the cylinder 'il to the atmosphere through port i6, so that the steam may be exhausted. whereupon the spring llifts the piston 1U to the top of cylinder ll. At the conclusion of the 11p-stroke, the erm 15 strikes the top of the slot .1.6, and restores the threem'ny telve to the "2,22 3 po sition, so that steam -is again aclrnittefl and the pump plunger forced down.

A valve 20 is provided to control the mission of oil' into the pump-cylinder 8: anti a valve 21fcloses during the upstroke ot' the plunger 8. By this means oil is forced into a back-pressure compartment 22, whence it'passes into wells 23, from which lead thel tallow pipes 3 to the steam cylinders of the locomoti\e. These Wells 23 are these devices being in theform of screws,v

having pointed tips 26, vwhich may nearly or entirely'close apertures 2'?, through which oill must pass from the ba'ek-pressurecompertinent 22 into nipples or nozzles 28 within the Wells 23; these .nozzles having small openings or tips 29 to facilitate the formetion of drops of oil. Each of the baci(- throttles 25 .may be regulete inrlependently of the other, and. may cooperate with' the other to regulate the speed of the pump', melting it possible for the engineer to feed more oil to ,one than to the other, when refiuirec` Without the necessity of giving specia-l attention vto the speed of the oil pump "which it will ne seen is taken eer@ ofi automatically by merely adjusting the backthrottle in each instance until che desiredrate of'formetion of drops is obtained.

The oil receptacle is illustrated as having' ulator 32 may be set relatively closed lso' that verv little oil 1tvill 'be supplied 'to the 'cylinder'oi' the eir pump, while the regulater 25 muy be relatively open so that cons'iezeble oil is supplied to the' steam chests of the locomotivewlrifing eylindersibut in s no case will the speed ot the oil pump be in excessof that required to supply the oil consumed in these -unequully consuming steam cylinders.

The nozzles 2S are plut-eci behind bullsthus enabling the engineer in e si mole end sure manner to efljus the action e oil-pump to the indivi unf', requise 'i ull'tee ej\ 'lineers. meej] Wells 'I appointments es iesix may he pmetu in the oil ieeeptaele, all. may he suppliecl by the single or common eil pump7 which utili automatically run at the exact speed necessary for positivel,7 supply- 30 ing oil at .the required rate in each of the u'ells ouin as mauiY of" them as may he in use at .any time.

The cylinder ll is removably atteohe, to the oil receptacle said cylinder having e 55 cylindrical base 34 which is threaded into a boss 35 forinefl' onthe topv of the oil receptacle: this hase heine' provided with facets 36 or other means to he engaged by e Wrench. `The heacl of the plunfer oylin- 90 der or tube 9 may be threaded et 3? into the top of the oil receptacie vvithin the boss 35, Aso that seil'c'vlinder 9 may be reaily detached; the bottom of said tube having e flange 38 to hear down upon :i boss 39 into 95 I which the'loiver end of the cylinder '9 is inserted; 'e packing i0 being provifie, against which lthe flange 3S may been so as to make the structure liquid tight: The pump may be providetl with a 'smiling-box, 100 41, in which the-packingmaj/ he held by e nut 42 threaded upon a. boss 43 formeel upon the top of the receptacle 8 within the boss 535, Sprung 14 i'ney bear clown' on said nut and up against tappet 15. der 11 is remoietL-the nutf42 may be unserewed end-then the cylinder be also unserewefl 5nd taken Aout for inspection und cleaning, etc., theopeniugr for the stuiing be?.Y 41 in theboss 423 seinglarge .110

enough to malte possihlethe u'ithclfewfii of .the lower end et the tube 9 which has'the valve box projecting' from its sides. the

steam cyliniler i0 me? he proi'id-eel enA mists 44, for the steam; these to be uncovered .inst 115 as the piston l@ completes its Clown stroke.A it will 'be seen that the oil is positiwaly fed or forced from theeil'reeepteele to the may have e. pipe 41:6 leading directly into the oil receptacle 6, so that an unlimited '125 amount of oil can be supplied to thesteam Cylinfiers wit-hout trouble or delay.

Tl e glass bullseve 13 may be inserted pq l n in a elp or socket .4I projecting within the oil receptacle 6 just in front ofeaeh of the 13o After the eylin- 105.

wells Q3, 30; sail socket heving in iis innen a sight ope c nsl wees an, openinu onposite lle tin o g i8, which also o i l ne nun eoinpiises an iL-eil body @ugh which f he seen) heying nick 4el or zooi, and also hav- `@ons 53, Whose ends aie eyl'inl'ical @ges 5l of a hess o "elle ouiside of the re- ZC @optado having e peripheral gifooie oo f 517 oin'ied upon Y boss is sloiod or groovei peiini J:She nui tto he placed in position when @he nicks 2 stand .'ei'ically o1' aiighi angle o the poe l 6*. i?, The piojecions lie sloii 8, anal then che l, the fingers entering the grooves, l To fa iliae engagen'ien of the said lingers anu grooves, the ede-es of the ooss may l?A beveled or eliainfeec as at .and "che may he itecl so that the nut clamps o hulls-eye firmly in position.

e of `s-e`ve to the leide eo Fig. 55 will emerge into fhereuoon nui can be ine oL ,er paris removed. also, il riesireel, have crooks 4 X no an undei'eu groove in the if n ahnt lie oilei opeietes i. the engines of the locomopenclen loi the pressui'e in M ylinslei's, end can operae il o locomotive is a@ l een conf ienly .eetl in the o a locomotive, and e ispeced" eontiolled,` :incl einlio i. il e aclvanages of a forced r oil feed, while p *ing t e feed to be con- 00 trollecl by the engineee un n inspecting the drops of oil that are heiiit, eci. Moreover iz'fie oil-ei' pump can "ne operated by other f han sealn and hence the field of useof he oilei is ifeiy great. it will loe f e "glungeil #The oil pump money oil feeds; and that iiy io pov'iile e'fvially upon lie loeoinoiie shut'olf ders,` i steam' ein W biales; ille l; f he comes-ponen foe the compli-VV Veeieions may he i'esorted to within the soaps o the invention, and portions ol the iinnioveinents may be used without oth-ers. geving' thus describecl my invention, l

l. en oilei' for the cylinders oli' locomotives, adapted to be nionnted in the cab of a locomotive, comprising, in con'ihinatiou, an oil ieoeptaole having a pump to take oil 'therefromj pump-operating means in open eonnnunica'ion with the boiler, steam-valve mechanism controlled by said pump-operating means, Wells in said oiler to hold water of ,Condensation said Wells in'open coinmunicotion with he cylinders o1' steam chests of the locomotive, drop-forming devioe"'opening into said Wells and in coininunication Withthe :delivery side of said pump, the oiler having asight opening hiough which the drops can he s een, and.

independently adjustable means between said drop-forming flevices'and said pump for regulating the speed of the pump by means of hack pressure at the' delivery side thereof, whereby the adjust-ment of said regulating means may not only control the flow of drops in each Well independently of the other, but may also automatically control the sneed of the pump.

An oilei comprising, in combination, an oil ieceptacle having a' pump to eske oil there-fiom, pumooperalzing means, steamvalse mechanism controlled by said pump onesjacing means, a Wellin said oilei to hold Weiner of contiensation, an zeoomcylinder and a plunger cylinder both rei'maf'-V ably attached to the oil receptacle; the head of the plungeecylinder or tube being detachahly threaded into said receptacle,r and the hotom of said tubehaving a flange to Dear down upon a packing-u 4. .ein oiler comprising, in combination, an oil receptacle having dropfomning devices, and an oil pump comprising a seam cylinder and a plunger cylinder both eeniovaoly zittaohecl to he oil eoeptecle; the

head oi ille plunger cylinclei oi' tube being det-ieliahljf thieaiie into said reeepiaole, andhebottoni of said tuhelieving a 'flange to hear clown upon 'a packing, and a gland being provided foi' the lippen enflwof seid tui-ie. l

. ein Eile? compising, in comlanetion,

an oil receptacle yhaving drop-forming devices and an oil pump comprising a steam 6. )in oiler comprising an oil receptacle having drop-forming devices and an oilv pump comprising a steam cylinder having a base which is threaded intopa boss formed .on the receptacle, and a plunger cylinder or tube threaded into said receptacle Within said boss; the bottom of said tube having a flange to bear down upon a`packing,'and a gland being provided for the upper end of said tube. A'

7. rlhe combination of an oil tank, a pump, a closed compartment into which said pump pumps -oil from said tank, said compartment forming a pressure reservoir, steam-operated pump-operating means'fconstructed to cause said pump to deliver oil at a pressure substantially'higher than the pressure of the steam by which the pump is driven, Wells in said tank Jac fill with water of condensation, drop-forming devices in said wells, said drop-forming devices in communication with said closed compartpump is driven,

provided being provided with dischargeorices, iik/fW communication with the source' of steam Jfrom which the pump is driven, in a manner to lubricate moving parts under pressure o steam from said source. t I 8. The combination of an oil tank, a pump, steam-operated pump-operating means constructed to cause said pump to dec liver oil-at a pressure substantially higher than the pressure of the steam by which the said pump connected to an unceasing source of supply ofsteam, a well to iill with water of condensation, a dropforming device in said Well, said drop-forming device in communication with said pump, to receive oil. therefrom, and adjustable means to regulate the ioW of oil te said drop-forming device; said Well being with a discharge orifice communicating With the source of steam from which the pump is driven in a manner to'lubricate a moving part under pressure of steam from said source.

lENRY KREISS;

Witnesses CHARLES Riuiisiismu, XVM. J. E. Coenen. 

